| Bent Osol | ||||
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| Studio album by Diana Haddad | ||||
| Released | December 25, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2009—2011 (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) |
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| Genre | Pop, dance-pop, electropop, R&B, Khaliji, Mawwal | |||
| Length | 54:20 | |||
| Language | Arabic, English | |||
| Label | Platinum Records | |||
| Producer | Fahd Al Naser, Hosam Kamal, Ashraf Salem, Karl Wolf, Hamad Rashid Al Khodr, Omar Basel, Wessam Al Amir, Yaser Jalal, Ahmad Mohyee | |||
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Bent Osol (English: A Good Girl) is the twelfth studio album by Lebanese recording artist Diana Haddad. The album was released by Platinum Records Christmas 2011. Bent Osol marks her first album in various Arabic dialects since her 2006 self-titled album Diana 2006.
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In 2008, Haddad announced that she was going to include a duet with a well-known R&B female artist on her upcoming album. The announcement came after Haddad's performance at the Mawazine festival which lead the press to guess that the act Haddad was talking about was Whitney Houston since she performed the same night Haddad performed.[1] However, later that year Haddad revealed that she meant Alicia Keys who asked an enormous amount of money that Diana couldn't afford. According to Yamazaj newspaper, Keys asked for a million and a half US dollars for the duet.
Haddad first revealed the theme of the album in 2009 when she recorded a song with Canadian artist Karl Wolf.[2]
The album faced many delays prior to its release due to reasons such as Haddad's divorce in summer 2009 and the death of her father in November, 2011. Eventually, Diana's official Facebook account announced the release of the album on December 14, 2011 [3]..
Haddad paid for the album production herself, but Rashed Al-Majed's label, Platinum Records, took care of the promotion and distributing the album in the Arab world.
By December 15, 2011, Middle East Broadcasting Center channels aired several promos for the album's release. As a part of the album's promotion, Haddad is set to appear on the new show "Hatha Ana" with the TV personality Rania Bargoth.
One week before the album's release, Panorama FM launched several tracks from the album including the hit single "Kol Hayati" featuring Karl Wolf and "Yesh'had Allah", "Belraha Alaya" and "Wadi Haki". The album wasn't leaked before December 25, its actual release date.
"Kol Hayati", featuring Karl Wolf, was released as the lead single from the album. It premiered in the United Arab Emirates on Panorama FM radio on December 15, 2011. Haddad talked about the song in number of occasions to the press since 2009. Zaharat Al Khaleej magazine covered the recording process of the song in one of its issues. Although Haddad released number of singles before the album's release including "Galat Diana" in 2011, "Majnona" in 2010, and "Ya Aibo" in 2009, none of them is considered a lead single and only "Galat Diana" is included on the album. The Kuwaiti soap opera song "Al Dakhila" also known as "Ya Wagt" is included on the album. Al Dakhila is a ramadan 2011 soap opera starring Huda Hussain and Hind Al Bloshi. "Galat Diana" is considered the first music video from the album. It premiered on May 30, 2011. The music video shows Haddad wearing 12 different costumes and looks representing the 12 zodiac signs.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bel Raha Alaya" | Abdullah Al Omani | Fahd Al Naser | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Wadi Haki" | Deyaa Al Mayali | Hosam Kamal | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Bent Osol" | Yaser Jalal | Yaser Jalal | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Esmaa Kalamhom" | Mostafa Morsi | Ashraf Salem | 4:27 |
| 5. | "Kol Hayati" (featuring Karl Wolf) | Karl Wolf, Yaser Jalal | Karl Wolf | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Galat Diana" | Ali Al Khawar | Fahd Al Naser | 3:06 |
| 7. | "Tob Al Farah" | Yaser Jalal | Yaser Jalal | 3:31 |
| 8. | "Ya Hath Galbi" | Abdulrazzaq Al Eissa | Hamad Rashid Al Khodr | 3:48 |
| 9. | "Rajaa Al Sheti" | Yaser Jalal | Yaser Jalal | 5:01 |
| 10. | "Ya Wagt" (Al Dakhila original soundtrack) | Ali Al Khawar | Fahd Al Naser | 4:13 |
| 11. | "Eeh Rayak" | Wael Tawfik | Ahmad Mohyee | 4:33 |
| 12. | "Kaid Al Nesaa" | Moshref Al Atabi | Omar Basel | 3:45 |
| 13. | "Rajaa Al Sheti" (Mawwal) | Yaser Jalal | Yaser Jalal | 2:00 |
| 14. | "Yesh'had Allah" | Hussain Ali Ismail | Wessam Al Amir | 4:02 |
Personnel credits adapted from the album's booklet.
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| Region | Date | Label | Format |
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| Saudi Arabia | December 25, 2011 | Platinum Records | CD |
| Arab World | December 26, 2011 |
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